Wondrous Item, common While carrying this blackened silver coin, if you fail a Death Saving Throw, you treat the save as a success instead. Then the coin crumbles into dust. If you carry more than one Helโs Coin, you gain the following curse instead. If you succeed on a Death Saving Throw, you treat the success as a failure. Then one Helโs Coin crumbles to dust. This curse remains until there isโฆ
Dark Bargains are binding once sealed. There are tales and legends of those who have outwitted a bargainer or found a way to break a bargainโs hold on them, but the truth of such stories is left to the GM to decide.
Some nefarious magic-users carry out forbidden necromantic rituals that sever their souls from their bodies to turn themselves into liches, masters of magic and undeath. With their souls preserved in hidden relics, liches puppet their own corpses as they pursue ambitions free from mortal bonds. Liches possess exceptional cunning and magical prowess, and they use their unnatural immortality toโฆ
โZoolโ (after Zuul from Ghostbusters) As we moved over the rollinโ scrub, we came across somethinโ remarkable. A lone dinosaur feeding on scrub, entirely oblivious to us. Few times in my life had I ever come across such an unyieldinโ amount of muscle and armour. When I first saw this thing, I knew it was built for one thing and one thing only โ defence. We studied it in detail. Armoured back,โฆ
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Bring Light to Banish Darkness The Light Domain emphasizes the divine power to bring about blazing fire and revelation. Clerics who wield this power are enlightened souls infused with radiance and the power of their deitiesโ discerning vision, charged with chasing away lies and burning away darkness. The Light Domain is associated with gods of truth, vigilance, beauty, insight, and renewal. Someโฆ
Weapon (halberd or handaxe and quarterstaff), very rare (requires attunement) This Halberdโs haft is made of rough, dark wood and is miraculously easy to heft. The bladed end of the Halberd looks like a hatchet thatโs been absorbed by the hewn wood. While holding the Halberd with two hands, you can use a command word as a Bonus Action to magically split the weapon into its more basic components.โฆ
Potion, uncommon This gruesome mixture is made from ground mouruge bones, along with rotten meat and mud. When consumed, your Strength score becomes 19 for 1 hour (unless it is already 19 or higher). You also have Disadvantage on Intelligence ability checks and saving throws for the duration.
Type: Vehicle (Water) Cost: -- Weight: -- The smallest of the flat-keel longships, the karvi can traverse shallow waters to transport goods, fish, and even raiders. While a karvi can be used in battle, it is often used as a general-purpose river and coastal ship. Its size and shallow keel make it less ocean-worthy than other longboats. While a knarr is used for transporting livestock, it isโฆ
The charming werewolf Harkon Lukas manipulates those around him to satisfy his narcissistic needs for adulation and control. Endlessly seeking fame, Harkon travels widely, earning applause and accolades. Yet, whenever he returns to a town heโs performed in, he finds heโs been forgotten. Lukas believes he needs just the right song or inspiration to make himself unforgettable. To that end, heโฆ
Weapon (handaxe), very rare (requires attunement) This magical axe is imbued with a destructive force that builds with each consecutive strike. You have a bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon equal to the number of charges it currently has. The Handaxe gains 1 charge each time you hit a target with it, up to a maximum of 3 charges. When Timber gains its third charge,โฆ
The Ruinbound are mutants that can be born to any humanoid species that has contact with the Daelkyr or their minions. A Ruinbound is born with a personal symbiontโan unnatural entity bound to the child. Unlike most symbionts, this entity cannot be separated from its host, and the two are permanently fused. Many Ruinbound have additional disturbing mutations; you can roll on the Ruinboundโฆ
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Dark Bargains can also come about during play in a campaign. There might be times where inscrutable powers have their own designs and see an opportunity for a character to further those ends in exchange for gifts. Others might be willing to negotiate a bargain as an alternative price to death or worse. In these cases, the GM might alter terms of the bargains, such as increasing, lessening, orโฆ
You twist your fingers and fate seems to follow suit. Until the end of your next turn, you can reroll any ability check you make to play nonmagical games of skill and must use the new roll. Therefore, this spell could influence a game of poker, but not the result of a Deck of Many Things. Available For: Bard (Legacy), Sorcerer (Legacy), Warlock (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock,โฆ
Also known as kytons, chain devils consider themselves morbid artisans who use deception, menace, and vicious metal to coerce prisoners into betraying themselves. Many serve powerful devils, wrenching secrets from imprisoned souls using deadly, animate chains. Left to their own devices, chain devils encourage ruthless individuals to pursue forbidden magic, leading their pupils down paths to theโฆ
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